Companies hire teens to fill labor gap

"After the longest stretch of continuous job creation on record—more than seven years—the U.S. faces its most severe worker shortage in the past two decades. Employers, from General Electric Co. and Michelin North America Inc. to a Wisconsin nursing home and an Ohio turbine-parts manufacturer, are expanding their hunt to the labor market’s youngest echelon." Source:?Facing Historic Labor Shortages, Companies Snap Up Teenagers - The U.S. is facing a severe worker shortage, forcing employers big and small to explore the labor market’s youngest echelon, which is piling into the workforce?https://lnkd.in/eH9TdGG

“Historic labor shortages” is hyperbolic. The US is definitely experiencing the best job market since 2007, and *maybe* the best since 2001. But we’re still pretty far away from what we saw 20 years ago during the apex of the 90s boom. Plenty of locations across the United States have elevated unemployment and available workers.? There's probably still room - maybe a lot of room - to boost employment and pay without triggering inflationary pressures.

Wanted: Teenage workers for companies struggling with record labor shortages